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I think it's a difference in expectation. For some reason, people are surprised that birds have the same intelligence level as a human toddler. However no one wants an AI assistant…

As a counterpoint, Jesse Ventura was famous before he got into politics. It's much harder to win when no one knows who you are.

I'm a third generation "woman in tech" (grandma did punch cards, mom did COBOL) and I haven't had any problems that I keep being told I'm supposed to have. I suspect discrimination…

I am surprised how weirdly common it is. Something similar happened nearish me as well: https://www.chicagotribune.com/midwest/ct-madison-arboretum-...

In this context, they are speaking of electrical efficiency, i.e. the amount of power lost to system impedance during transmission, not some abstract concept like effectivity. The …

The only reasonable explanation I can think of is that Chatterjee's motives and subsequent termination (which is not elaborated on) was related to gender discrimination. Otherwise …

Also: synchronicity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity

I'll add an anecdote to contradict that argument: I work in embedded, and the place I work restructured to have a dedicated software group. They hired young software engineers and …

Would that not be the person running the AI? The one giving prompts and verifying that prompts are fulfilled adequately?

In the US, it depends on the waste services provider, city, and county. I've had garbage companies that offer compost and yard waste services and some not. Sometimes it's provided …

Do you have examples of wordy US signs that are only symbolic in the EU system? All of the ones I see on the article are either city names or pedestrian signs with complex instruct…

Why not? If the airline has a policy that allows them to fly, why wouldn't they? It's not the people with allergies asking the flight not to serve other people peanuts, it's the ai…

It's not always only ingested food that is a safety issue. Some people have allergies that are severe enough that physical contact is enough to cause anaphylaxis. For example, ther…

I find this kind of assumption that "coders can't understand feelings" as a harmful stereotype and baseless assumption just because many of the comments here disagree with your tak…

Not that uncommon in my experience. Depends on the kind of microcontrollers/embedded computers. Weaker ones are closer to the bare metal and need some EE during development. More c…

Depends on the project. Most of the teams I've been on were 4-12 SWE for 1-3 EEs. These were usually mid-range microcontrollers with GUIs. It's typically only weaker, single-purpos…

I exclusively work on microcontroller projects, and my experience is the same. I've only worked on one project that really needed my EE experience to write some drivers. Once the d…

Depends on the embedded system. I've only worked in mid-sized companies, and most of my projects were teams of 4 to 12 SWE-type with 1 to 3 EE for the project. Typically light ARM4…

Absolutely. This modchip is just a raspberry pi plus a couple parts. You'd have to try hard to get it to be expensive. The BOM for most embedded systems is going to be cheap unless…

I really like this strategy. After one god awful experience at a company that led me to quitting after 3 months, I will not work for a company that doesn't show me a snippet of the…

I find it super frustrating. There's been leaps forward in fuel efficiency, but car manufacturers compensate by making trucks and SUVs bigger and heavier. The newer trucks can fit …

Isn't the issue with your city, then? It's not like the film crew just annexed your street without asking anybody. Your city council approved it, likely after several public hearin…

Perhaps they broke out a start of concave curve and used a grinder to get it the rest of the way there*. It would probably be labor intensive and fragile but it might work.

I'm going to disagree here. I'm a woman and I had the same results as every man replying here: I recognized all the science, game, and action terms and almost none of the fashion a…

This is a baffling article. It is a mix of actual facts and apparently well researched journalism mixed in with completely bizarre claims like this: > White-tailed deer and North A…